Julia Agrippina (from AD 50, Julia Augusta Agrippina), also known as Agrippina the Younger and Agrippina Minor (7 November AD 15–19/23 March AD 59) was a Roman empress. She was a great-granddaughter of the emperor Augustus; great-niece and adoptive granddaughter of the emperor Tiberius; sister to the emperor Caligula; niece and wife of the emperor Claudius; and mother of the emperor Nero.
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Julia Agrippina (from AD 50, Julia Augusta Agrippina), also known as Agrippina the Younger and Agrippina Minor (7 November AD 15–19/23 March AD 59) was a Roman empress. She was a great-granddaughter of the emperor Augustus; great-niece and adoptive granddaughter of the emperor Tiberius; sister to the emperor Caligula; niece and wife of the emperor Claudius; and mother of the emperor Nero.
Agrippina the Younger has been described by the ancient and modern sources as ‘ruthless, ambitious, violent and domineering’. She was a beautiful and reputable woman and according to Pliny the Elder, she had a double canine in her upper right jaw, a sign of good fortune. Many ancient historians accuse Agrippina of poisoning Emperor Claudius, though accounts vary.
Agrippina was the first daughter and fourth living child of Agrippina the Elder and Germanicus. She was the namesake of her mother. The elder Agrippina is remembered as a modest and heroic matron, who was the second daughter and fourth child...
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